Harry Kane says England lacked quality in their 1-0 victory against Andorra in World Cup qualifier
Published 08/06/2025 at 18:21 GMT+1
England failed to impress as they limped to a 1-0 win against Andorra at the RCDE Stadium. After the match, England skipper Harry Kane admitted that his side lacked quality during the UEFA World Cup qualifier. Kane scored the only goal of the match, his 72nd strike in international football. The Three Lions will now look ahead to a friendly with Senegal on Tuesday.
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Harry Kane believes England lacked quality during their 1-0 victory against Andorra at the RCDE Stadium.
The England skipper scored the only goal of the game, but the Three Lions failed to impress against a side ranked 173rd in the world.
Thomas Tuchel's team may have won all three of their matches since the German took charge, but they were booed off at half-time after failing to break the deadlock and then received more boos when a disappointing match came to its end in Barcelona.
Kane admitted England were lucky to escape the UEFA World Cup qualifier with all three points after scoring his 72nd international goal.
"We were just lacking quality [against Andorra], we looked a bit fatigued both physically and mentally," the Bayern Munich star told the BBC.
"Yeah, we got away with it because we're a good team and they had a couple of half-chances where we didn't get punished.
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"But ultimately, it wasn't good enough. It wasn't our greatest performance.
"I don't think it's one many people are going to remember, that's for sure, but it's three points in the bag.
"But, yeah, for sure we know we can play better in all aspects, both with and without the ball."
England will face Senegal in a friendly at the City Ground in Nottingham on Tuesday night.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will get underway on June 11 next year, with matches taking place in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
England's next two World Cup qualifiers are in September, a home match against Andorra at Villa Park and an away game in Serbia.
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Kane insists his side will look to learn from their performance against Andorra on Saturday, saying: "It's down to us now to analyse it, look back and try and learn from it because condition-wise it's going to be very similar to next summer - dry pitch, warm weather, humid.
"It [the goal] was probably our best move and we just didn't have enough of that, both with probably the runs and also the quality - a lot of balls [were] kind of overhit, out of play, and it just kind of killed our momentum, especially in the second half."
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